Police are outside St. James Catholic Church in Ogden, Utah, June 16, 2013 after a man was shot in the back of the head during mass at the church. / Benjamin Zack, AP

by USA TODAY

by USA TODAY

OGDEN, Utah (AP) - Doctors say a Utah man shot in the head during a Father's Day Catholic Mass is expected to survive.

Dr. Barbara Kerwin of McDay-Dee Hospital in Ogden said James Evans is in critical condition but expected to live. She said the bullet went through his ear and out his cheek, missing the brain.

Police said Evans' son-in-law, 35-year-old Charles Richard Jennings Jr., walked into Saint James the Just Catholic Church hand-in-hand with his wife, Evans' daughter. Jennings then went up to Evans and shot him, police said.

Jennings was captured Sunday afternoon after fleeing in a stolen pickup truck.

The Rev. Erik Richtsteig said Jennings had previously made threats.

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